Chemical spill closes Highway 50 in Garden City
A 52-year-old Garden City man transporting 220 gallons of concentrated herbicide toppled a tank on the east 2300 block of East Business U.S. Highway 50. Traffic narrowed to one eastbound lane and westbound ramps near Jennie Barker Road closed 1 hour 20 minutes. D and K Environmental handled cleanup. Lear may face cleanup costs.
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Kirk Hutchinson
Kansas Department of Transportation
Garden City
Thomas Lear
Lear
Jennie Barker Road
Hutchinson
D and K Environmental
Finney County Emergency Management
D and K
Backyard blaze damages fence and trees in Garden City
Fire chief Allen Shelton said a grass fire started in Randal Sutterfield’s backyard at 2404 Cherokee Road, burned 30 feet of fence, reached a tree line and the nearby Orlando Kinney property in the 2500 block of Cherokee Road. The flames took 55 minutes to extinguish arriving at 4 50 p.m. No damage estimate or official cause is available. The Sutterfields and Kinneys could not be reached.
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Garden City
Allen Shelton
Shelton
Randal Sutterfield
Cherokee Road
Orlando Kinney
Kinney
Holcomb Board approves articulation with Barton CC and Dodge City
The Holcomb USD 368 Board of Education approved an articulation agreement with Barton County Community College and Dodge City Community College. It lets district students earn college credit for agricultural education classes if they pay the required fee, aligning with state requirements for vocational teachers to have college partnerships.
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Holcomb Usd 368 Board of Education
Barton County
Dodge City Community Colleges
GCHS Class of 73 Reunion Planned at Knights of Columbus
Garden City High School graduates from 1973 plan a 35th reunion on August 2 at the Knights of Columbus hall. Organizers seek contact information from classmates via Whitney Williams Baker at 620-805-6360 or gcclassof73 yahoo.com, with the next committee meeting at 5 p.m. April 25 also at the Knights of Columbus.
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Garden City
Knights of Columbus
Whitney Williams Baker
Yahoo.com
City gas station blaze reported in early morning incident
A fire at a Garden City gas station disrupted morning traffic as firefighters worked to control the blaze. No injuries were initially reported and investigators began reviewing the site for cause and safety violations.
World food aid groups push green revolution for self-sufficient farming
Josette Sheeran of the World Food Programme addressed 700 attendees at a Kansas City conference urging governments to invest in farmers and develop local agriculture to ease hunger. She cited Laos credit shortfalls and market mistrust while noting aid costs up 55 percent since June and 100 million people under severe stress.
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Kansas City
Josette Sheeran
World Food Programme
Laos
Food Programme
Haiti
Sheeran
U.S
Humanitar
Open house honors 911 dispatchers during safety week
Kathy McGaughey organized a public open house at Garden City’s Communications Center to showcase 911 operators work during National Public Safety Telecommunications Week. Residents met dispatchers, learned how calls range from traffic stops to chemical spills, and heard from Mayor Crase about the vital link they provide between life and death.
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Kathy McGaughey
McGaughey
National Public Safety Telecommunications Week
Law Enforcement Center
Ninth St
U.S. Highway 50
Cherokee Road
Maureen Young
Garden City
Lupe Carrasco
Carrasco
Finney County Sheriff's Office
Garden City Fire Department
EMS
Holcomb
David Crase
Crase
Crystal Bachman
Alan Montgomery
Jose Seijas
Bryan Witham
School Board approves wide set of staff moves
USD 457 Board approves resignations for Todd Berry Antonia Casados Brandon Clark Abigail Curtis Lawrence Casenbrook Jeanne Gregory Briana Hilliker Diana James Carrie Judiscak Ryan Kirchoff Stacy Koop Jamie Linenberger Michael Linenberger Carlos Marquez Nancy Mena Lisella Opal Roberts Vickie Schwemmer Guillermo Serna Gallego Caroline Slederbeck Natalie Stramel Jediah Stump Emily Thayer Amiee Weenig Carrie Whatley Paul White plus resignations of Alice Gonzalez Guitron Mireya Hernandez Miguel Rios Donna Stephens Elaine Tafoya and many new appointments transfers and personnel changes across Kennedy Henderson Buffalo Jones Garden City Garfield Alta Brown Victor Ornelas Sitts Edith Scheuerman Abe Hubert and other district schools.
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USD 457 Board of Education
Todd Berry
Kenneth Henderson
Antonia M. Casados
Buffalo Jones
Brandon Clark
Garden City High School
Abigail Curtis
Garfield
Lawrence Casenbrook
Gertrude Walker
Jennie Wilson
Jeanne Gregory
Briana Hilliker
Bernadine Sitts
Diana James
Alta Brown
Carrie Judiscak
Ryan Kirchoff
GCHS
Stacy Koop
Jamie Linenberger
Michael Linenberger
Carlos Marquez
Nancy Mena Lisella
Opal Roberts
Georgia Matthews
Vickie Schwemmer
Guillermo Serna Gallego
Caroline Slederbeck
Natalie Stramel
Jediah Stump
Emily Thayer
Amiee Weenig
Edith Scheuerman
Carrie Whatley
Victor Ornelas
Paul White
Alice Gonzalez-Guitron
Mireya Hernandez
Miguel Rios
Donna Stephens
Elaine Tafoya
Finney County EMS reports March calls near 250
Finney County commissioners heard a March EMS report from Bob Prewitt noting 250 calls that month, about 200 monthly average, with 21 reserve squad calls. EMS has 15 full time staff plus a billing clerk, reserve squad at 20 to 25, possible future rate changes, and new training classes for high school juniors and seniors starting fall, including medical terminology and a bridging EMT program.
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Finney County
Bob Prewitt
Finney County Ems
Prewitt
EMS
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Reigan McGraw
Robert Messerly
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Sharon Moorman
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Nancy
Bryan Menely
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